Charlie Seaman
MGMT 4510
Exploring the Uniform Guidelines Assignment
9/15/14
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2. These guidelines incorporate a single set of principles which are designed to assist employers,
labor organizations, employment agencies, and licensing and certification boards to comply with
requirements of Federal law prohibiting employment practices which discriminate on grounds of
race, color, religion, sex, and national origin. They are designed to provide a framework for
determining the proper use of tests and other selection procedures. These guidelines do not
require a user to conduct validity studies of selection procedures where no adverse impact
results. However, all users are encouraged to use selection procedures which are valid,
especially users operating under merit principles.
3. No. Although validation of selection procedures is desirable in personnel
management, the Uniform Guidelines require users to produce evidence of validity
only when the selection procedure adversely affects the opportunities of a race, sex,
or ethnic group for hire, transfer, promotion, retention or other employment decision.
If there is no adverse impact, there is no validation requirement under the
